Barnard Gallery, Cape Town 29.10 – 26.11.2019 On the flight back from London … [Read more...] about The Sound in Our Heads: Jaco van Schalkwyk, Jenna Burchell, and Wayne Matthews’s ‘A Land I Name Yesterday’
Thread Count: ‘Sans’ at OPEN 24 HRS
By Ashraf Jamal
OPEN 24 HRS, Cape Town 05.09.2019 – 'Sans' – the title of the group … [Read more...] about Thread Count: ‘Sans’ at OPEN 24 HRS
Soil and Dust and Hurt And Beauty: Modern Art Projects South Africa (MAPSA)
By Ashraf Jamal
MAPSA, Richmond Richmond in the Northern Cape is roughly at the halfway mark … [Read more...] about Soil and Dust and Hurt And Beauty: Modern Art Projects South Africa (MAPSA)
Joint-Solo: Dan Halter and Chris Soal at WHATIFTHEWORLD
By Ashraf Jamal
WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town 20.06 – 31.08.2019 All too often those who work … [Read more...] about Joint-Solo: Dan Halter and Chris Soal at WHATIFTHEWORLD
Chicken and Egg: Maurice Mbikayi’s ‘Coucou Crumble’
Maurice Mbikayi
By Ashraf Jamal
Gallery MOMO, Cape Town 02.05 – 06.06.2019 I am reading Ian McEwan’s latest … [Read more...] about Chicken and Egg: Maurice Mbikayi’s ‘Coucou Crumble’
The Centre of a Star Of Lines: Connor Cullinan’s ‘11.11’
Connor Cullinan
By Ashraf Jamal
DAOR Contemporary, Cape Town 17.04 – 30.05.2019 It is just over 2 months … [Read more...] about The Centre of a Star Of Lines: Connor Cullinan’s ‘11.11’
Consoling Pleasures: Stephané E. Conradie’s ‘Domestic Lives, Nomadic Belongings’
Stephané E. Conradie
By Ashraf Jamal
Gallery MOMO, Cape Town 13.03 – 16.04.2019 We live in a contaminated time in … [Read more...] about Consoling Pleasures: Stephané E. Conradie’s ‘Domestic Lives, Nomadic Belongings’
Archaeology of an Absence: Bronwyn Katz’s ‘/ // ! ǂ’
Bronwyn Katz
By Ashraf Jamal
blank projects, Cape Town 09.02 – 16.03.2019 It is always rewarding when an … [Read more...] about Archaeology of an Absence: Bronwyn Katz’s ‘/ // ! ǂ’
The Grammar of Suffering: Nolan Oswald Dennis’s ‘Options’
Nolan Oswald Dennis
By Ashraf Jamal
Goodman Gallery, Cape Town 24.01 – 09.03.2019 Every now and then, inside … [Read more...] about The Grammar of Suffering: Nolan Oswald Dennis’s ‘Options’
Minuments and Moreness: Richard John Forbes
Richard John Forbes
By Ashraf Jamal
When I jokingly ask Richard John Forbes whether his preoccupation with making … [Read more...] about Minuments and Moreness: Richard John Forbes
AKAA: Reflections on African Art and Sepideh Mehraban’s ‘Cape to Tehran’
Sepideh Mehraban
By Ashraf Jamal
Also Known as Africa (AKAA), Paris, France 09 – 11.11.2018 "We are now … [Read more...] about AKAA: Reflections on African Art and Sepideh Mehraban’s ‘Cape to Tehran’
Preeminent Staging: Serge Alain Nitegeka’s ‘Innate Black’
Serge Alain Nitegeka
By Ashraf Jamal
Stevenson, Cape Town 30.08 – 13.10.2018 As I squeeze through a low and … [Read more...] about Preeminent Staging: Serge Alain Nitegeka’s ‘Innate Black’
